Egypt

Press conference on Egypt`s hosting of African Space Agency، Saturday

Executive Council of the African Union accepted Egypt's bid to be the host country for the headquarters of the African Space Agency.

Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister، Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar will hold a press conference on Saturday to review the details of Egypt's hosting to the African Space Agency.

In a statement on Thursday، Higher Education Ministry said that the decision of Egypt`s hosting to the African Space Agency is an appreciation for the scientific and technical efforts of the ministry over one year and a half.

He pointed out that all concerned parties of the country have participated in such efforts through the committee which included representatives from Defense Ministry، Narss - National Authority For Remote Sensing & Space Sciences، Foreign Ministry، Administrative Control Authority، National Security Agency، and Ministry of Communications and Information Technology who will attend the conference.